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[edit] Events
- 1965 - The New York Jets sign University of Alabama quarterback Joe Namath for a reported $400,000.
- 1971 - The second Ibrox disaster kills 66 fans at a Rangers-Celtic football game.
- 2006 - Fifteen people die in the Bad Reichenhall ice rink roof collapse tragedy in Bavaria, Germany.
[edit] Debuts
[edit] Births
- 1892 - Seiichiro Kashio, Japanese tennis player
- 1897 - Jim Londos, wrestler
- 1921 - Glen Harmon, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1947 - Calvin Hill, American football player
- 1963 - Edgar Martinez, baseball player
- 1963 - David Cone, baseball player
- 1964 - Pernell Whitaker, American boxer
- 1965 - Greg Swindell, American baseball player
- 1969 - Tommy Morrison, American boxer
- 1969 - Róbert Švehla, Slovak ice hockey player
- 1970 - Royce Clayton, American baseball player
- 1971 - Lisa Harrison, American basketball player
- 1972 - Hristos Meletoglou, Greek triple jumper
- 1975 - Reuben Thorne, New Zealand rugby union player
- 1976 - Cletidus Hunt, American football player
- 1976 - Danilo Di Luca, Italian cyclist
- 1976 - Hrysopiyi Devetzi, triple jump & long jump athlete
- 1977 - Scott Proctor, American baseball player
- 1977 - Ales Pisa, Czech ice hockey player*1963 -
- 1980 - Mac Danzig, American Mixed martial arts combatant
- 1981 - Hanno Balitsch, German footballer
- 1981 - Kirk Hinrich, basketball player
- 1981 - Maxi Rodríguez, Argentine footballer
- 1981 - Ryan Garko, American baseball player
- 1982 - Athanasia Tsoumeleka, Greek race walker
- 1985 - Heather O'Reilly, American soccer player
[edit] Deaths
- 1946 - Joe Darling, Australian cricketer (b. 1870)
- 1960 - Fausto Coppi, Italian cyclist (b. 1919)
- 1986 - Bill Veeck, baseball executive (b. 1914)
- 2007 - Don Massengale, American PGA Tour golf player (b. 1937)
- 2007 - Dan Shaver, NASCAR driver and ARCA race car driver/owner (b. 1950)
